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Filmed in Taos. Staring Sam Elliott and Joan Allen. An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss. This quirky portrait of modern-day pioneers braving the wilds of New Mexico in 1974 stays as far away from the movie mainstream as its characters remain detached from the teeming hubbub of American mass culture. Slow, ruminative and dusted with wisps of folksy humor, the film has neither the arc nor the dramatic beats dictated by screenwriting manuals. As it shuffles along a flat dramatic landscape to its own deliberately poky rhythms, an acceptance of its pace requires considerable adjustment. Despite its hardy independent spirit and strong performances, the film often frequently gets stuck in one of the ruts that scar the dirt road it travels. — Stephen Holden, The New York Times